China's CNG, India's SUN Gold to invest in Russia

ANI | Updated: Sep 21, 2018 16:03 IST

China's CNG, India's SUN Gold to invest in Russia .Moscow [Russia], Sept 21 (Sputnik/ANI): Chinese company China National Gold will invest about $420 million in the development of the Klyuchevskoye gold deposit in Russia, while another $65 million will be invested by India's SUN Gold . The annual production volume is expected at about 6 .5 metric tons of gold per year, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry said on Friday .According to the ministry, during the meeting of the Russian-Chinese subcommittee on industrial cooperation, the Chinese company China National Gold and JSC West Keys signed contract documents for the transition to the practical implementation of the Klyuchevskoye gold deposit development project ."The implementation of the project involves attracting Chinese investments of about $420 million . India's SUN Gold plans to invest an additional $65 million in the project," the ministry said in a statement ."An annual output of about 6 .5 metric tons of gold per year will give a powerful impetus to the development of the economy of the Zabaikalsky Territory (in Russia's south-east Siberia) and will increase the total extraction of precious metals in the region by 40 per cent by 2020," the statement cited Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov as saying . (Sputnik/ANI)